So, Ft. Lauderdale native Mike Morse is a Miami Heat fan, eh? Here's The Beast in a postgame interview (video here) with CSN Washington last night after his rehab start with the P-Nats (1-3, BB, RBI) was cut short by rain:

"I was just looking for something I could drive. Livo throws really slow. You’re going to have wait back and try to get something up that you can drive out of the park or drive up the middle or the left side. He left something up, and I got it." (Bryce Harper, via Nationals Journal, 5/28/2012)

And here's what it looked like when Livo baffled Harper with some 63 MPH junk in the sixth. Strike 3. Really slow:

On Saturday, Bryce Harper Bryce hit his 3rd big league home run, which happened to be his first ever big league oppo-boppo home run. Once again, no showboating -- his HR trot was a full sprint around the bases. Video below (and here).

May 26, 2012

(Davey Johnson called on Tyler Clippard to save his 3rd game in a row. Screengrab via MASN/MLB.com)

"Coming in here, they arguably had been playing as well as anybody in the league, maybe in baseball. To spank them in their home park, it’s big. We know them pretty good from spring training. We know how good they are." (Davey Johnson, via Washington Times, 5/26/2012)

Nationals 8, Braves 4: And with that, another series win in the books for the "Holy [bleep] I can't believe it's Memorial Day weekend and they're in first place" Washington Nationals. Strasburg didn't have it on this day, but Nats bats picked him up.